How Kafka-esque is Kafka?
The Czech writer has become the prophet of our absurd era, but a new book intends to strip the author of his saintly reputation.
Friday, Aug 1, 2008 11:00 AM UTC 15Entertainment Nonfiction, Books
The Czech writer has become the prophet of our absurd era, but a new book intends to strip the author of his saintly reputation.
Friday, Aug 1, 2008 11:00 AM UTC 15No expense has been spared in this lavish, streamlined adaptation, but is there such a thing as too much good taste?
Friday, Jul 25, 2008 11:00 AM UTC 15The fiercely talented critic takes us on an illuminating tour of fiction -- but there's a hole in his plot.
Tuesday, Jul 22, 2008 10:40 AM UTC 26In "The Dark Side," Jane Mayer chronicles the terrible, destructive decisions the Bush administration made in the name of fighting terrorism.
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 11:03 AM UTC 83The religious right is celebrating sex to stroke its conservative message. Liberals better rise to a secular defense soon.
Tuesday, Jul 8, 2008 11:06 AM UTC 109"The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal" reminds us that this combative political provocateur is also one of our finest literary critics.
Monday, Jun 23, 2008 10:40 AM UTC 79For years America has desperately tried to outlaw sodomy and other sex acts like fellatio and cunnilingus. What are we so scared of?
Thursday, Jun 12, 2008 11:00 AM UTC 132Sure, ignorance is rampant among the American electorate, as Rick Shenkman argues. But without The People, there would be no Democracy as we know it.
Thursday, Jun 5, 2008 10:32 AM UTC 126Of course the White House couldn't see the revealing "What Happened" coming. It was McClellan's job as press secretary to conceal himself.
Friday, May 30, 2008 10:37 AM UTC 58Killer thrillers: From an art-world conspiracy to a campus murder to the gripping tale of a missing child, these recommendations will add suspense to your beach book list.
Monday, May 26, 2008 11:31 AM UTC 26America finally gets it right, and the best man wins!
Thursday, May 22, 2008 1:00 PM UTC 60In the age of blogging, great critics appear to be on life support. Salon's book reviewers discuss snobbery, how to make criticism fun and the need for cultural gatekeepers.
Thursday, May 22, 2008 11:00 AM UTC 43Maybe I should be more grateful, but the California Supreme Court hasn't told me anything I don't already know.
Friday, May 16, 2008 11:11 AM UTC 52In "The Age of Reagan," liberal historian Sean Wilentz reckons with the enormous, ongoing influence of the teflon president.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:11 AM UTC 211Forget the Pilgrims. America's roots are older and more twisted, what Tony Horwitz calls a "primordial slime of false starts and mutations."
Friday, May 9, 2008 10:43 AM UTC 79Long before there was "Law and Order," a TV criminal defense attorney named Perry Mason brought high courtroom drama to the masses.
Tuesday, Apr 29, 2008 11:00 AM UTC 27An infamous 1976 photo captured a violent encounter between white Bostonians and a black lawyer during an anti-busing rally. A new book explains why this image continues to haunt and define us.
Monday, Apr 28, 2008 10:43 AM UTC 35Karen Joy Fowler's follow-up to bestseller "The Jane Austen Book Club" is a detective novel about a mystery writer whose tales come back to haunt her.
Friday, Apr 18, 2008 10:26 AM UTCA new book argues that Colbert, Jon Stewart and Bill Maher are good for democracy. But is it taking late-night comedy too seriously?
Saturday, Apr 5, 2008 11:30 AM UTC 118He may be a global icon of goodness, as Pico Iyer's biography reminds us. But is the Dalai Lama the political leader Tibet needs?
Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 11:57 AM UTC 91Page 2 of 3 in Louis Bayard